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Motorists who receive minor parking or traffic tickets in Indianapolis, Indiana are being threatened with fines of up to $2500 if they attempt to take the ticket to court. A local attorney with the firm Roberts and Bishop was so outraged by what he saw in Marion County traffic court that he filed a class action suit yesterday seeking to have the practice banned as unconstitutional. "The deck is stacked against the motorist," lawyer Paul K. Ogden wrote. "To penalize that person for seeking justice seems wrong. I know it is done for the purpose of discouraging baseless challenges to...

A federal jury on Friday awarded more than $1.5 million to a supervisor in the city's Traffic Management Authority after finding that four Chicago police officers conspired to violate her civil rights when she was arrested during a dispute over a parking ticket. Jacqueline Fegan hunched over the plaintiff's table in U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow's courtroom and wept at word of the verdict. She alleged the officers permanently injured her wrist when she was handcuffed and tossed into a police vehicle on Michigan Avenue.

Here’s a real copy of an American citizen’s DHS Travel Record retrieved from the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol’s Automated Targeting System (ATS). This was obtained through a FOIA/Privacy Act request and sent in by an anonymous reader (thanks!) The document reveals that the DHS is storing the reader’s: Credit card number and expiration (really)IP address used to make web travel reservations Hotel information and itineraryFull Name, birth date and passport numberFull airline itinerary, including flight numbers and seat numbersCruise ship itineraryPhone numbers, incl. business, home & cellEvery frequent flyer and hotel number associated with the subject, even ones not...

Monkey-Masked Driver Eludes 37 Traffic Tickets; Claims Unfair Speed Tax. Watch video: http://www.cardealerreviews.org/?p=118376

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- A car found in a Gainesville neighborhood with a dead body in the back seat had been ticketed seven times by city parking enforcement. Police found the body when a resident called authorities Monday afternoon to report the car, which had been parked on the street for days. A preliminary autopsy helped police identify the body as 42-year-old John Waldo, who had been missing since Feb. 11. Police say the autopsy revealed no obvious cause of death. Investigators are awaiting toxicology results, which may take up to six weeks. City records show the first ticket was...

DENVER – A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket. ">snip<"

Senate votes to ban inauguration ticket scalping34 mins ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate has passed a bill outlawing the sale of tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony, which are being handed out for free, threatening offenders with a $100,000 fine and a year in jail. **SNIP** "The presidential inauguration is one of the most important rituals of our democracy. The chance to witness it should not be bought and sold like tickets to a sporting event," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who sponsored the legislation, said in a statement on Wednesday. The legislation, passed by the...

As a prank, students from local high schools have been taking advantage of the county's Speed Camera Program in order to exact revenge on people who they believe have wronged them in the past, including other students and even teachers. Students from Richard Montgomery High School dubbed the prank the Speed Camera "Pimping" game, according to a parent of a student enrolled at one of the high schools. Originating from Wootton High School, the parent said, students duplicate the license plates by printing plate numbers on glossy photo paper, using fonts from certain websites that "mimic" those on Maryland license...

Motorists will face amateur speed traps run by local volunteer groups in towns and villages across the country, it was revealed yesterday. Under rules to be sent to police forces in the new year, bands of volunteers will be supplied with speed detection equipment and asked to use it to identify drivers exceeding limits in their area. On watch: A speed trap volunteer in action whereby anyone caught going over the speed limit will be contacted later by the police The guidelines, prepared by the Association of Chief Police Officers, will set a national pattern for schemes which have been...

<p>Carl Cameron just said McCain campaign shocked to discover Sarah Palin did not realize Africa was a continent, believing instead that it was a country. She did not know the countries in NAFTA. She refused offered preparation for the Couric interview and threw temper tantrums over adverse press.</p>

In fact, the Arizona senator sounded downright giddy when he introduced her in Cedarburg. "Isn't this the most marvelous running mate in the history of this nation?" he said. "He's pumped," McCain's longtime aide Mark Salter conceded after watching McCain and Palin in Albuquerque. "He's feeding off the crowds -- you've got these huge crowds, they're wildly enthusiastic and that's going to pump up any speaker. He loves campaigning with her." The duo, who had scarcely met before becoming a team, have begun forging a friendship helped by their irreverent senses of humor, aides say. The McCains and the Palins...

Will Joe Biden be removed from the Democratic ticket before the upcoming U.S. election? Also found on a search - Joe Biden to be withdrawn as Democratic VP candidate before 2008 presidential election

WASHINGTON -- Barack and Hillary, together again. Less than a month after their bitterly contested Democratic primary campaign drew to a close, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will share the political spotlight once again -- only this time as a team. Obama's aides announced Friday that the presumptive Democratic nominee will campaign together with Clinton for the first time next Friday. The two Democratic senators are also planning a joint fundraiser. The news comes as a new Ipsos poll shows three in 10 Americans would be more likely to vote for Obama if he named the former first lady his...

The Field can now confirm, based on multiple sources, something that both campaigns publicly deny: that Senator Clinton has directly told Senator Obama that she wants to be his vice presidential nominee, and that Senator Obama politely but straightforwardly and irrevocably said “no.” Obama is going to pick his own running mate based on his own criteria and vetting process.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A lawyer who watched a police officer park illegally in front of a restaurant, then wait around while his meal was prepared, issued the officer a series of citizen-initiated violations. Eric Bryant said he was sitting at the restaurant March 7 when Officer Chad Stensgaard parked his patrol car next to a no-parking sign and walked inside to wait for his food, the Portland Mercury reported Thursday. Bryant told the weekly paper that when he asked Stensgaard about his car, the officer asked Bryant: "If someone broke into your house, would you rather have the police be...

NEW YORK (CBS) ― Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton hinted at the possibility of a democratic "dream ticket" with Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking on the Early Show on CBS, Clinton said "that may be where this is headed, but we have to decide who is on the top of the ticket." Clinton said the race between her and Obama remains "incredibly close," with just "smidgens of difference" between them. Clinton's remarks after her campaign won two big states yesterday: Ohio and Texas. She also won Rhode Island. The wins enabled her campaign to break Obama's 12-state winning streak and pick up...

Ticket Issued During Funeral Procession As Police Waved Man Through Light --snip-- Pennsylvania law clearly states drivers in funeral processions may proceed past a red light signal or a stop sign. And not only that, a police officer waived him through the red light. The officer is actually on the red-light camera ticket. Also visible is the police SUV. "When you first saw this ticket, surprised?" Hairston asked. "I'm stunned. I'm not just surprised, I'm stunned," Verissimo said. You would think getting the ticket dismissed would be easy, but it wasn't. And it made Verissimo's life difficult.

If making predictions for the unsettled Democrat race is difficult, making predictions for the Republican race is near impossible. Nevertheless, we’ll take our chances, invoking all the appropriate disclaimers. The candidate of the moment is former Arkansas Mike Huckabee - an affable, quick-witted southerner who has performed well in debates and convinced many rank and file voters that he’s the closest thing to a ”tell it like it is” Reaganesque conservative. While Huckabee has proven himself to be a media star, GOPublius believes that Huckabee is in fact a shooting star, and that his moment of glory is almost through....

Led Zeppelin to get heavy on ticket touts By Joanna Corrigan Last Updated: 2:14am GMT 10/12/2007 Led Zeppelin fans who bought tickets online for the band's first performance in almost 20 years could be turned away from the concert because of stringent security measures. Touts have been selling tickets to the band's reunion on auction websites such as eBay despite organisers trying to prevent anyone apart from winners of the official ballot from attending the show at London's O2 arena. Only fans with a special code obtained in the ballot, photographic ID and the credit card that paid for the...

Michigan-The Governor and the legislature are seriously considering putting a $100 million a year tax on every ticket to professional sporting events, shows, concerts, and movie tickets in Michigan. They are calling it a "luxury tax."